HISTORY OF AESTHETIC

To acknowledge the main philosophical issues related to the aesthetic experience; to develop a critical approach to the philosophical discussion on art, beauty and perception from antiquity to modern days.

The course will be articulated through lectures with the support of texts and images.

The principles of the Western aesthetics. In particular, after analysing the theoretical status of aesthetics, the problem of genius will be discussed with reference to literature and visual arts, from Plato to contemporary aesthetics.

• Elio Franzini, Introduzione all’estetica, Il Mulino, Bologna 2013, pp. 232.

• Luigi Russo (a c. di), Dopo l’estetica, Aesthetica Preprint Supplementa, Palermo 2010, pp. 7-165 (primi undici saggi).

• Luigi Russo (a c. di), Il Genio. Storia di una idea estetica, Aesthetica, Palermo 2008, pp. 220.

• Platone, Ione, a c. di G. Reale, Bompiani, Milano 2001, pp. 190 (or a different translation).

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All the books listed in the programs can be consulted in the Library.